Cultivator



H. W. MORGAN CULTIVATOR ,original Filed July 8. 1921 3 Sheets--Sheetl Oct. 7 1924. 1,510,794

H. w. MoRGAN y cuurlvn'ron Original Filed July 8. 1'5321 3. Sheets-Sheet 2 Oct. 7 1924. Y 1,510,794

- H. W. MORGAN cumivmon original Filed July 8.11921 3 sheets-sheet 3 Patented. ce. 7, leze.

UNITED STATES HENRY W. MORGAN, 0F JOHNSON CITY, NEW YORK.

cULTrvn'roR.

Application led. July 8, 1921, Serial No. 483,268. Renewed March 4, 192,4.

To aZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY IV. MORGAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Johnson City, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators, of which the following is aspeciof the invention is to provide an improved mounting for the wheel whereby the depth of penetration of the blades may be easily regulated. Other incidental objects of the invention will appear in the course of the following description.

My present improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of one embodiment of the invention showing the implement arranged to be pulled *over the ground;

'Fig 2 is a side elevation showingthe implement arranged to be pushed over the ground to be cultivated;

\ Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the man-` ner of supporting the blades out of contact with the ground when the implement is to be moved from point to point over a walk or road;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the implementarranged to be pulled over the soil to be cultivated Y v Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the implement arranged to be pushed over the ground to be cultivated;

' Fig. 6 is a detail section on the line 6--6 ofv Fig. 1. l

\ In carrying out my present invention, I employ a pair of parallel side beams 1 which have their rear ends bent downwardly and then forwardly, as shown at 2, and the eX- tremities thereof are twisted, as shown at 3, whereby to 'present the flat faces of the beams in horizontal planes. Bolted to and extending between the lflat extremities 4 of the side beams is a bar or head plate 5 to which are in turn bolted the ground-engaging implements 6. These blades or groundkengaging members may be of any desired formation, but are preferably tapered forwardly so as to provide points Z whichwill readily penetratel the soil and it will be readily noted that in the illustrated arrangement all the ground-engaging members are disposed between the vertical planes of the side beams. This arrangement will generally befound preferable but obviously it may be varied. A

The forward extremities of the side beams are turned downwardly and rearwardly, as indicated rat 8, and to the lower extremities of these downwardly 'and rearwardly turned portions I pivotally secure the handles 9 which, as shown in Fig. 1, extend upwardly and forwardly and have their free ends equipped withl hand grips 10, the diameters of whichare greatest intermediate theirends and which are provided at their forward ends with circular. heads 11. This design of handv grip is desirable inasmuch as it is comfortable to the hands of the operator` and at the same time permits him to obtain a firm grip upon thehandles. The handles are connected above their centers by -a transverse curved brace 12 and, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the handles diverge upwardly so Vthat the operator `may readily assume a position between the handles.

The side beams 1 are provided with longitudinal slots 13 adjacent their downwardly turned portions S and the said slotsf receive the. reduced ends 14 of an axle 15, this construction of" the axle providing annular spective ends of the bracing arch 17 whereby to prevent excessive lateral movement of the wheel. The combined length of the spacing sleeves 19 and the thickness of the hub portion of the wheel is less than the length of the axle between thefshoulders 1G 5 so that, when the-securing nuts 2() are turned home against the sides of the arch 17 and the beams 1, the beams and the arch will be securely clamped against'the shoulders :16, while the ground Wheel will be permitted `to freely rotate. It will be readily understood that the axle may lie-disposed atany. poi-nt between the ends of the slots 13 and will, consequently,v actv as a fu'lcrum about which thebeams will tend to turn when force is 15s-applied tol the handles 9 so lthat thedepth to which'fthe blades 7 willi-penetrate-thesoil s maybe easily regulated by adjustingj the axle longitudinally 'ofthe vsaid slots'l.

Upon the'-outerside of-one-of the beams 1,.

I--secure a-resilient keeper.or-latchbplate 21 whichis con structed-with an-an{, gular` socket `or jaw-22 at-its free'end adapted to1 engage one -of' thev handles 9 in` certain manipulations of the implement, asfwill presently appear. s a

Y "lhen the device is-arranged,` as shown in Figure 1,- the operator will assume a positiont between thev free ends 'ofthe handles 9 and by walking forwardly and pulling-upon the handlesiwill'drawthe'implement over thefground with `the-blades running below the/surface of the soil, lf it be preferred to vope-rate the implement-by *pushing the same Aoverv the field,- lthel handlesareI swung rearsecureY thenr'to theA front extremities of the -sidefbeams sov that the handles will-assiime theposiftion-shown in Fins. 2 and '5 with the :brace 12\ resting upontie .upper Hedges' of il@ "the-beams 1 over theground-engaging members. The operator'may nowv assume a posi- -tion between `the iliandlesin rear 'of the 'blades 'or E ground-engaging members rand may propel the implement over `the-ground l ibypusliingiupon thehandles. This' arrangeinent will be found especially-desirable when the soil is'somewhatffha-rd to'break` up as pressu'reinay be exerted throughthe handle members and' the bracef12. upon;I theside lbeams 1to='force the blades Iinto the soil,-'

l It will,I fof course, be yunderstood that when the*handleinembersfare swung-to thev positionf'shown'in Figs." 21 and 5; thel freey end of theresilient-lreeper 21 is pressed toward the adjacentbeamA 1 suffieiently tof-permitf Ythe ment: with EtheA keeper'between thesame and 'fthe' adjacent lside beanfr and if :the-handles be then:IpulledV forwardly, ithef'beains will be caused to move with the axle pivotally within the hub of the wheel and assume the position shown in Fig. 3, the ground-engaging,`

- lmembersbeino'lield abevethe wheel and out of contact kwith the ground. The implement may then be pushed over improved roads or Wallis without damage to the same or tothe soil penetrating blades and when the point of use has been reached, a slight pressure outwardly upon the free end of the keeper-will release the same from the hanf ing-1description,'taken-ini connection-with the ,f accompanying4 drawings,4 that'l have provideda very inexpensive,'compact and easily manipulated implement vwhich may be employed to rcultivate vthe soiliby either pushing,` or pulling upon the controllinghandles tand `that the -depth-` of penetration .'may be easily-regulated. By mou'ntin'g'the axlel of 'the Vgi-'ound `wfheel in longitudinabslots in the side beams, I am enabled tohave the pivotal connection between! the side/beams and the handlesat alixed point,biitusers of the himplementfmay Aprefer :to :have the i axle at a fixed point Vinthe Abeams yandY Vprovide a plurality Aof openings lin theA downturned` front extremities of athe beamsfinnanyuone of fwhich thei--pivotbolt may Abe engaged toattach theV handles. Byflocating the curved brace12-atia point above thecenter 'ofthe l handlesfl anrenabled'tofswingsaid brace 35 yivardly Iabout the 'bolts' 23=which pivotally clear of thearch 1T and bring thefsameinto posi-tion to exert =pressiireiipon the rear `portion ofthe sidewbeams fand to relieve. the strain iiponthe axle,- If provide [lateral lips 24; at the lower ends ofv the-larchli?, which =lips engage under thev loweredgesffof the 'side beamsI and thereby prevent :dropping of thefside beamsl relative toy the arch This construction-Ialso| tends toi preventibending vof the reduced endsfof they axle,

Having thus described the inventiongivhat is claimed ascnew is:

1. In a cultivator," the ycombination of a pair of side beains,ian axle-'secured transversely 'betweenxthe `saidifbeams near the front'ends thereof, aground-wheel rotatably fitted upon said' axle,' ground-:engaging inembers carried by the rear endsrof the-beams, a handle pivotally attached to thexfront extremity of one beamfandl ai resilient: keeper carried bylfsaidlb'eamfand adapted'to beffengagged by said handle whereby thexfground- 'engagingmembersmaybe swungfto anlinopl* erative "positionv above the fg-roundfzwheel.

2. ln a cultivlatoigvthe combina-tionv of parallel side beams, ground-:engaging i members carried by the rear ends of saidbeams, handles -pivoted to -the front `extremities of said beams,an arched brace disposed bevtween the beams and provided atits-.lower ends Awithvlateral dfi-ps `engaging under' the beams, an axle disposed between the beams and having its ends extending through the ends of the said arched brace and through the beams, the axle being provided With an- 5 nular shoulders abutting the said arched brace, a ground Wheel tted rotatably upon the axle at the center thereof, and clampingv y,

means fitted upon the outer extremities of v the axlel and adapted to be turned home against the beams whereby to clamp the` In testimony whereof I alix my signature. i

rHENRY W. MORGAN. [L. s] 

